TNN: War is the H-Word
Posted on the GNS on Year 17 Day 262
Bal’demnic (TNN) - The Krath Dynasty is reeling today after a covert Imperial Union mission was successful in the arrest of a number of Krath Dynasty officials, as well as the seizure of over 2,500 ships and a plethora of vehicles and weapons. Confirmation of the decisive Imperial Union action was announced by King Jude Vatz moments ago in a press conference at the Kalaayan Palace. Calling a special news conference a few hours ago, the Tresarian leader broke the official silence surrounding OPERATION TOTAL RECALL, and outlined the events that led to today’s outcome.
OPERATION TOTAL RECALL was a Tresarian led Imperial Union operation against the criminal organization known as the Krath Dynasty. I am relieved to say that this operation was carried out successfully without the loss of a single person. I am convinced our success is attributable to the bravery, cunning, and loyalty we so often see in our members. Today’s success will be recorded as one of the most devastating blows against the Krath Dynasty, with the seizure and impounding of large numbers of restricted technology entrusted to the Krath by the New Republic. With thousands of A, B, and X-Wing craft along with hundreds of Saber tanks and a stockpile of weapons now under Tresarian lock and key, this represents a huge reduction in the Krath’s ability to threaten peace and order throughout the galaxy.
The loss of large stockpiles of restricted military-grade technology comes hot on the heels of Krath’s recent suspension from the technology sharing arrangements with the New Republic. It was reported last week that the New Republic had formally informed the Krath leadership that a suspension was being imposed whilst the New Republic investigated serious allegations of illegal and unsanctioned trade of the restricted Republic technology. Krath Dynasty leadership did not react publically to the suspension, with their government spokesman refusing to be drawn into questions on the matter for the past week.
The loss of a large portion of their military strength was not the only accomplishment of the operation however. It was also announced that a number of key and promising Krath personnel were arrested by Imperial Union forces. King Vatz stated that the Tresario Bureau of Intelligence had been able to arrest ten Krath staff during the storming of a number of Krath ships. Amongst those captured were Ruling Council member and former leader of Krath, Lazarus Kell, also former Lord Archon and current Krath Lord Xel Novastar and senior military officer Marakk Sagesse.
Explaining the drivers for the operation, King Vatz elucidated: Just under six months ago, the pompous and bombastic Lord Commander Togl challenged the Imperial Union across the galaxy’s news networks. Preaching a level of zealotry rarely seen outside of mental asylums, the delusional little man is obsessed with the supposed glory of firefights and minor infantry skirmishes on one small world. Today the galaxy can see what the Imperial Union will do to those criminals and despots that seek to keep the galaxy in a state of turmoil. While the battle-obsessed Rift Alliance have been busy issuing personal challenges and throwing out childish taunts, the Imperial Union has been hard at work to undercut and paralyse the larger and more relevant capability of the Krath’s military.
As the Krath Dynasty scrambles to take stock of their losses of military hardware and personnel, Imperial Union staff are celebrating the victory and heroism shown by Tresarian operatives involved in the mission and Varro Belle in particular, who spent years undercover for both the Tresarian Bureau and Imperial Intelligence. With mounting pressure from the New Republic regarding the Krath’s lax security and their history of ignoring the trade restrictions on Republic technology, many political pundits are predicting further strains on the already stretched patience of the Galactic Alliance. The question remains just how much of the Krath’s incompetence the Galactic Alliance is willing to contend with, simply to bolster their military forces against the combined might of the Imperial Union.
